Page 28 of Reckless

His eyes narrow at her. "Listen, woman, I get that you're trying to put your foot down here, but it's the wrong time. Your brother called church, and it's serious enough that he sent us all out to get our girls and put everyone on lockdown."

Her eyes widen. “Um…yeah okay. Sorry girls, we will have to make another date to have a full day.”

By her reaction, I'm guessing this isn't something to be taken lightly. I hope everything is okay. Looking over at Wrench, he's staring at me, and all I want to do is go to him. I refuse to torture myself like that though. I can't keep chasing a man that will cause me nothing but pain and heartache.

I look over at Jess. "You still want to hang out, or you think we should just go home?"

“We can—“ Her phone rings stopping her mid-sentence. “Hey, wait what? Yeah, I’ll be there as soon as I can.”

Guess that answers my question.

Her face is white as a sheet. "That was my mom, Paul got into a car accident, and they're taking him to the hospital." Paul is Jess's older brother and the few times I've met him he seemed nice.

“Oh my God. Do you need a ride or anything? I could come with you.”

“No, I-I’m fine. I just need to get down there, I’m gonna grab a cab.” She stands up, giving me a quick hug before almost running out of the restaurant.

So much for girl’s day…

I decide to walk home instead of taking a cab. I could really use the peace and quiet to calm the storm in my head.